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A mini road trip

Nick and I are off to Michigan this afternoon—we’re going to an engagement party tomorrow night for one of his best friends from childhood. (Nick’s from Michigan…have I mentioned that before?) The party is in Harbor Springs, in the northern part of the state, but rather than take a connecting flight (we hate layovers), we decided to fly to Detroit, then drive the four hours up north. While this may very well turn out to be a terrible idea, for the time being I’m looking forward to it. Nick and I do well in cars (unless we’re running late to a wedding, which has happened a lot this year), and it’ll be a good time to catch up. We haven’t seen much of each other lately. Last week was events week for me, as you know, and this week has been equally nuts. I’ve had two Leukemia & Lymphoma Society meetings, shot a scene for a documentary I’m in and last night I went to Long Island to see my friend Amanda’s new baby (six weeks old—so tiny, so cute). Nick’s been crazed too, and he now plays in a basketball league twice a week—fortunately it’s Mondays and Wednesdays, my favorite TV nights, which means I don’t have to justify watching grown women make fools of themselves (you know which show I’m talking about) or my obsession with Project Runway, which Nick just doesn’t get.

Needless to say, we haven’t had a lot of QT lately, and that’s something our relationship requires. If we go more than a few days without a real conversation, we sort of forget how to communicate at all (when I left my dinner dishes/takeout containers all over the kitchen Monday night, he retaliated by leaving the ironing board, half his wardrobe and a wet towel in the living room the next morning—mature, right?). The four hours of uninterrupted time will give us a chance to reconnect and really talk (about babies, for sure, but other stuff too, like what the heck we’re going to do for New Year’s). Anyway, here’s hoping we don’t hit any traffic (somehow all car-trip fun ends when we drop below 20 MPH). I’ll report back next week. Have a great weekend, everyone. Oh yeah, and let’s go, Mets! (And Tigers!)